Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
More than 170,000 lawyers will decide on March 12 on their new council by electing a chairman and 24 members. Although Sāmih ‘Āshour and Rajā’ī ‘Atiyyah are the only two candidates for the chair, a fierce struggle for members’ seats continues due to the so-called ’national lists.’
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004
Language is the means the different religions use to preach their beliefs. At the same time, it is the means through which the followers of any religion understand it. As part of life, languages develop. Such development necessitates that the language of any religious text be understood in the...
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2001
Raga’i Atiya said that he did not meet the General Guide of the Brotherhood and Mokhtar Nuh tried to agree with him on a public list. He refused the support of Fou’ad Serag Eddin Pasha because there were four Wafdists among the rivals for the Bar’s highest post. Pope Shenouda invited him for a day...
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001 to Friday, March 2, 2001
The Brotherhood’s secret and public voting lists for the Bar Syndicate elections focused on 11 Brotherhood lawyers. Then names of more lawyers were added to the lists, lawyers of each governorate were on the lists for those governorates, which lead to the fact that whoever voted for the Brotherhood...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2001
A group of lawyers started lawsuits demanding the Bar Association elections be delayed until new candidates are chosen. Another lawyer sent a warning about starting a lawsuit against the judiciary committee. A Brotherhood meeting was held, aimed at confronting the negativities of the now-announced...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2001
A severe crisis broke out inside the Muslim Brotherhood after the group’s secret list of those who will run in the elections for the Bar Association was leaked. Mohammed Tousoun, who replaced Mokhtar Nuh, accused the opposing group of being responsible as they want to give the impression that Nuh...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The imminent Bar Syndicate elections caused conflicts among the Brotherhood members. The Guidance Office chose Mohammed Toson to fill the place of Mokhtar Nuh, the ex-treasurer of the Bar Syndicate, now sentenced to three years imprisonment. By doing so, it ignored Ahmed Rabie, the committee’s...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2000 to Friday, February 25, 2000
Last Sunday, the military court was surprised when those present heard the police officer who is one of the witnesses of Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimeen case announcing that his [information] source was one of the twenty defendants. The case was postponed for a week to unveil the identity of the source and...
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 1999
The detention of 20 leading union figures suspected of belonging to the banned Muslim brotherhood was generally considered an attempt to weaken the Brotherhood’s position in the forthcoming union elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 8, 1998
Member of Parliament Sameh Ashour accused the Muslim Brotherhood and the government of lacking credibility after announcing an alliance between Mokhtar Nouh, a prominent Muslim Brother, and Ragai Attia, a government representative.